Foot rule



(5. F. BILL Nov. 17, 1925- FOOT RULE Filed June 2, 1924 Y I Y W a; ATTORNEY Patented Nov 17, 1925.

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Application filed June 2,

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it kDOXVIlthtltCL'GQTTLIEB ,F; .Binn, a citizen of the United States, residing ,at Minidoka, in the county of Minidoka and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foot Rules, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to knitting machines and more particularly to portable types adapted to be secured upon a table for manual operation in knitting sleeves, stocking legs and like other tubular articles.

One of the features of the invention is to provide a gauge by which the length of the knitted article may be conveniently and correctly ascertained due to a scale reading.

Another object is in the provision of an adjustable inreaching pivoted arm movable on the scale bar to extend into the region of the article, enabling the attainment of uniformity in product.

A further aim is to provide a gauge device that can be easily associated with a knitting machine or removed without the use of tools, the device bein simple in character, inexpensive to construct and capable of practical use.

These several objects are accomplished by the novel construction and arrangement of parts as combined with a conventional type of knitting machine. as hereinafter .described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, and in which t Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hand knitting machine, illustrating the application of the invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevational View of the gauge and its scale support.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 2, drawn to an enlarged scale.

In the drawing, the numeral 10 designates a table or like level horizontal support for the knitting machine generally denoted by the numeral 11, the same consisting of a circular row of needles 12 rotated about a drum 13 and vertically reciprocated by cams 14 and 15, the latter being guided as at 16.

The drum 13 rests on the upper surface of a spiral gear 17 meshed with a mating pinion 18 mounted on a horizontal axis and rog RULE.

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tate-d by .an extending crank handle 19 counterbalanced by theuwei'ghtj20. j

.Belowthe gear 17 ,sa circular base plate .21 having lugs 22 extending below the underside of the ,table lO andprpv ided with wing screws 23 affording rigid clamping means.

Other lugs 24are provided with adjusting screws 25 their points bearing against the edge of the table and assisting in holding the machine firmly in its proper place to clear'the knitted product 26, here represented as a sleeve, from contact with the table. A thin flat metallic bar 27 is formed at one end with an arm 28 extending at a right angle from its edge, this arm being operatively disposed between the front edge of the table 10 and point of the clamp screw 25, its upper edge being in contact with the underside of the base plate 21.

The front face of the bar 27 is provided with a graduated scale 29 reading to inches and fractions thereof, and mounted on the bar is a sliding clip 30.

This clip is formed from a single piece of flat spring meta-l bent to present a straight back 31 from which an arm 32 extends downwardly adjacent the bar to its end; one of the sides of the element 31 is bent re-entrantly, as at 33, again turned upon itself as at 34 and continued outward laterally of the bar, constituting a handle 35; the opposite side of the element 31 is extended to form a loop or socket 36, the inreaching portion being indented, as at 37 and thus extended to reach over the scale surface of the bar, opposite to and co-operative with the element 34 in spring clamping the clip to the bar but permitting sliding adjustment up or down along its side or length.

A wire gauge 40 is composed of a stem 41' ing read directly from the scale.

Having thus described my invention and set forth the manner of its construction and use, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An attachment to a knitting machine comprising a scale bar adapted to be secured to said machine in a pendant position, a spring clip slidable on said bar, and a gauge arm pivotally mounted in said clip, said arm being movable into the path of finished product produced by the machine.

2. An attachment to a hand knitting machine having a support, and comprising a bar having an arm extending at a right angle, said arm being adapted to be engageably held by the machine against said support so that said bar will be in a pendant position, said bar being longitudinally graduated into units of length, a clip having a spring gripping element slidable on said bar, said clip having a socket at one end and a handle at the other, and a gauge arm pivoted in the socket to swing under the object produced in said machine or out of the path thereof, said arm being adapted to register with the graduations on said bar.

In Witness whereof I have afiixed my signature.

GOTTLIEB F. BILL. 

